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Curricula: Mariology

This Curricula: Mariology provides an outline of the major aspects of the Church's understanding of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Mariology, or the doctrine of the Mother of God, cannot be separated either from the person or from the work of the Redeemer and therefore has the deepest connection with both Christology and Soteriology. Here we examine not only her special role in the Incarnation, but also subsequent developments in the Church's understanding.

NOTE: This is not an article from the Catholic Encyclopedia. It is provided here for the benefit of those interested in pursuing additional studies in this area.

B. Veneration

Adoration - an act of religion offered to God in acknowledgment of His supreme perfection and dominion

Christian Worship - Homage paid to God, to Jesus Christ, to His saints, to the beings or even to the objects which have a special relation to God

II. Immaculate Conception

"There is an incongruity in the supposition that the flesh, from which the Flesh of the Son of God was to be formed, should ever have belonged to one who was the slave of that arch-enemy, whose power He came on earth to destroy."-- Frederick G. Holweck, from his article on the "Immaculate Conception"

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"In and throughout all things, I determined to follow Saint Thomas, as he followed the Fathers."
-- Domingo Banez, Dominican theologian, known as "the brightest light" of Spain; in declaring his adherence to the teachings of the "brightest lights" of the Church.